On 4 September 2026, CWTS Leiden hosted the seminar "Collective action for open research information: introducing ORION-DBs and a new FORCE11 working group." The session brought together Cameron Neylon, Bianca Kramer, Alysson Fernandes Mazoni, Rodrigo Costas, Nees Jan van Eck and Najko Jahn to present a collaboration that has been developing for more than a year, and a new FORCE11 working group intended to give it a longer-term structure. If you work anywhere near scientometrics or open research...

During geopolitical, health, and environmental crises, digital spaces that promised to increase democratic dialogue and ease information sharing are now increasingly used to manipulate public perception and misinform. Open Science offers an important defence against this information environment by making the evidence behind research more visible, traceable and open to scrutiny. When data, methods and research outputs can be examined and reused, questionable claims are easier to challenge and sci...